No Changing Station

Hi ladies!Â I'm a FTM and am noticing that it's about 50/50 that the places LO and I go have changing stations in the restrooms.Â What do you all do when there's no changing station?Â I've snuck in a booth in the back ofÂ a restaurant (only if it's really slow in there and I know we've only got a #1 diaper,) gone out the car, and have recently gotten pretty good at changing him on my lap in the bathroom squatting down, but that's not so easy.Â I dont want to lay the little changer pad thingie on the bathroom floor because his hands flop around then find his mouth and thats wicked gross.Â Any tips?

Hi ladies!Â I'm a FTM and am noticing that it's about 50/50 that the places LO and I go have changing stations in the restrooms.Â What do you all do when there's no changing station?Â I've snuck in a booth in the back ofÂ a restaurant (only if it's really slow in there and I know we've only got a #1 diaper,) gone out the car, and have recently gotten pretty good at changing him on my lap in the bathroom squatting down, but that's not so easy.Â I dont want to lay the little changer pad thingie on the bathroom floor because his hands flop around then find his mouth and thats wicked gross.Â Any tips?

I do the same thing. One of the reasons I got an SUV right before having LO, actually. I laughed when I was over a friend's house and had to change her diaper and he directed me to his tiny bathroom, which I couldn't even squat down in because it was so cramped. I made it work, since I didn't want to impose, but since then have become more proactive about changing her where it's most comfortable for both of us.

Oh, and can I just add that I hate places without automatic doors? Now that I'm pushing a stroller, it seems I'm constantly getting disappointed every time I get stuck trying to hold a door open and push the stroller through. Oh, and I just "love" how no one seems to pay attention to hold the door anymore.

I do the same thing. One of the reasons I got an SUV right before having LO, actually. I laughed when I was over a friend's house and had to change her diaper and he directed me to his tiny bathroom, which I couldn't even squat down in because it was so cramped. I made it work, since I didn't want to impose, but since then have become more proactive about changing her where it's most comfortable for both of us.

Oh, and can I just add that I hate places without automatic doors? Now that I'm pushing a stroller, it seems I'm constantly getting disappointed every time I get stuck trying to hold a door open and push the stroller through. Oh, and I just "love" how no one seems to pay attention to hold the door anymore.

I was in a restaurant and my DD had a really stinky diaper...I went to the bathroom and there was no change table..so I brought her back to the booth and changed her right there...the manager came over because I guess people complained and I told him that I was sorry but there was no change table and god forbid I should hafta change her on the bathroom floor. Needless to say there was a change table next time we visited the restaurant.

If Im out and about I change her in the trunk of my car...I have a hatchback so it has lotsa space. Either that or one of the seats of my car or I too lay the stroller flat and change her there.

Its hard to believe that so many places are not baby friendly when it comes to change tables...its very disappointing.

I was in a restaurant and my DD had a really stinky diaper...I went to the bathroom and there was no change table..so I brought her back to the booth and changed her right there...the manager came over because I guess people complained and I told him that I was sorry but there was no change table and god forbid I should hafta change her on the bathroom floor. Needless to say there was a change table next time we visited the restaurant.

If Im out and about I change her in the trunk of my car...I have a hatchback so it has lotsa space. Either that or one of the seats of my car or I too lay the stroller flat and change her there.

Its hard to believe that so many places are not baby friendly when it comes to change tables...its very disappointing.

I like the where would you like me to change him idea. Its not fair for a place to leave you w/ no options & expect you to do it on the floor or something. There are a million friggin unused handy cap spots...there'd better be 1 single darn changing table.

I like the where would you like me to change him idea. Its not fair for a place to leave you w/ no options & expect you to do it on the floor or something. There are a million friggin unused handy cap spots...there'd better be 1 single darn changing table.

Would you believe that the zoo here doesn't have a changing table in their main bathroom? The ZOO. Hooters doesn't either, which is understandable I guess, in a very sexist kind of way. I change her at the zoo by just laying a blanket down wherever we are [out of the main path] and doing my job. I've gotten some very nasty comments from guests and even one employee, but whatever. Where do they expect me to do it? Because, you know, the bathroom floor just isn't happening and their sinks are this wonky wave shape, so that isn't even possible. At Hooter's I just change her on the itty bitty area between the two sinks and try to finish it up as quickly as possible if someone walks in.

Would you believe that the zoo here doesn't have a changing table in their main bathroom? The ZOO. Hooters doesn't either, which is understandable I guess, in a very sexist kind of way. I change her at the zoo by just laying a blanket down wherever we are [out of the main path] and doing my job. I've gotten some very nasty comments from guests and even one employee, but whatever. Where do they expect me to do it? Because, you know, the bathroom floor just isn't happening and their sinks are this wonky wave shape, so that isn't even possible. At Hooter's I just change her on the itty bitty area between the two sinks and try to finish it up as quickly as possible if someone walks in.

I may be the odd person out here but I've never used a changing table in the public bathroom & never plan on it. I'm just too paranoid about the germs. And not into other people seeing my kid naked. I don't know. It just weird me out. I always change the kids in the vehicle. We have a changing pad & stocked diaper bag in each of our vehicles.

I may be the odd person out here but I've never used a changing table in the public bathroom & never plan on it. I'm just too paranoid about the germs. And not into other people seeing my kid naked. I don't know. It just weird me out. I always change the kids in the vehicle. We have a changing pad & stocked diaper bag in each of our vehicles.

This happened to me today. I was in a little coffee shop and Em had a blowout! I took her to the restroom and of course, no changing station. I had to change her in her carseat (which was attached to her stroller) in the restroom. It was difficult, but I got it done. If I had parked closer, I would have used the back section of my SUV.

This happened to me today. I was in a little coffee shop and Em had a blowout! I took her to the restroom and of course, no changing station. I had to change her in her carseat (which was attached to her stroller) in the restroom. It was difficult, but I got it done. If I had parked closer, I would have used the back section of my SUV.

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